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* Removed Sherlock Holmes as A Study In Scarlet details that his range of knowledge is very specific to his work as a consulting detective, he is not at all a polymath. I'm not familiar with many of the other examples but I agree the list is too long to be useful. I'd suggest finding a handful of well known examples. Jeeves seems a good example to me as he is a well known literary example of a man competent in doing everything. Maybe McGuyver should stay as an example from pop culture. [[User:3amFriday|3amFriday]] ([[User talk:3amFriday|talk]]) 17:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC) |
* Removed Sherlock Holmes as A Study In Scarlet details that his range of knowledge is very specific to his work as a consulting detective, he is not at all a polymath. I'm not familiar with many of the other examples but I agree the list is too long to be useful. I'd suggest finding a handful of well known examples. Jeeves seems a good example to me as he is a well known literary example of a man competent in doing everything. Maybe McGuyver should stay as an example from pop culture. [[User:3amFriday|3amFriday]] ([[User talk:3amFriday|talk]]) 17:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC) |
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* Hannah Montana? Seriously? |
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Revision as of 16:11, 17 September 2009
there should be less examples i think. Elvis (talk) 11:45, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Removing Examples
I'm dropping a bunch of examples, as some of them are needlessly obscure, and others are incorrect or inaccurate (For example, I would not classify Harry Potter as a competent man; one of the recurring themes of the books is how he and his friends have their flaws and help each other overcome them). 99.231.179.171 (talk) 00:45, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
- I just added Cyrrus Smith, as it is more classical example from older literature, than many of others from modern days sci-fi. It was me, I just forgot to log-in before editing. --XChaos (talk) 16:21, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- Removed Sherlock Holmes as A Study In Scarlet details that his range of knowledge is very specific to his work as a consulting detective, he is not at all a polymath. I'm not familiar with many of the other examples but I agree the list is too long to be useful. I'd suggest finding a handful of well known examples. Jeeves seems a good example to me as he is a well known literary example of a man competent in doing everything. Maybe McGuyver should stay as an example from pop culture. 3amFriday (talk) 17:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- Hannah Montana? Seriously?